Head of Marketing Planning and Partnering Remote
Job description
At Places for People, we hire People, not numbers! So, if you like the sound of one of our jobs, please apply - you could be just who we're looking for! Of course, experience and track record are important, but we're more interested in hiring someone that believes in and is fired-up by our purpose and embodies our People Promises. That's someone that does the right thing, is enthusiastic and motivated to grow, believes in the power of Community, is respectful and enjoys their work. As the UK's leading Social Enterprise, we don't discriminate based on any protected attribute. In fact, we're dedicated to creating inclusive and thriving Communities for both our Customers and Employees.
So, what are you waiting for? Join a Community that cares about you!
More About Your Role
Here at Places for People we are changing lives by creating and supporting thriving communities. We are a huge group made up of market leading and joined-up businesses that support millions of Customers across the UK.
To report to the Chief Impact Officer, we are looking for a talented and driven Head of Marketing Planning to lead our critical (and newly-established) Group-wide & planning and business partnering team. You will be a trusted partner to senior stakeholders across our Group, working strategically with our business areas to understand their growth and development priorities, plans, and challenges to help formulate their Marketing & Communications Strategy and Annual & Quarterly plans.
This is an agile and very hands-on role that will require travel nationally to allow you to build and maintain trusted relationships with your senior stakeholders & your team. You will lead & introduce and end to end marketing planning cycle, develop a best-in-class annual marketing plans for each business area and will lead a team of highly skilled business partners to provide an effective and value adding Marketing Communications business partnering service.
Working closely with our other senior Heads of Department in marcomms centres of excellence, you will identify opportunities to align & integrate communications messages across our products/propositions.
More About You
This isn't your standard Marketing gig. You will need to have strong all round Marketing experience & knowledge mixed with a personality that will allow you influence and challenge your key stakeholders. You'll understand and have experience performance marketing and brand planning, you will be a pro at partnering, and be able to understand the strategic direction of your business area to allow you to formulate the Marketing strategy.
To fit in here, you will do the right thing, always (for the right reasons) You will be put customers at the heart of everything you do. You will be an excellent people leader, with past experience of managing a high performing, with the ability to motivate and develop.
You will have the ability to effectively work and lead within a matrix organisation and will be able to build strong relationships across different business areas.
The Benefits.
We are a large diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for.
We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package with each role, yours will include:
- Competitive salary, with a salary review yearly
- Excellent holiday package – up to 35 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell leave
- Annual Bonus
- Company Car/Car Allowance
- Training and development
What's next?
If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then apply following our simple 5 minute application process, upload a CV and a supporting statement which demonstrates how you meet the requirements of the role. If you have any questions please call the recruitment team on 01772 666555.
If you are a Places for People customer and you're looking for support with your application, please contact our skills and employment team on [email protected].
Please note that we may bring the closing date forward, if we receive a large number of quality applications. If you are interested in this role we would advise applying immediately to avoid disappointment.
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